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Economic Indicators for Kuwait

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Indicator	Last	Previous	Highest	Lowest	Unit
Armed forces personnel, total	25,000	25,000	25,000	22,600
Bank Lending YoY	7.61	7.06	7.61	3.82	%
Consumer price index (2010 = 100)	144.07	144.07	144.07	100
CPI	2.07	2.38	2.46	0.07
Current account balance (% of GDP)	31.77	31.77	45.46	0.59	B
Exports of goods and services (% of GDP)	60.3	60.3	74.73	43.71	B
Fertility rate, total (births per woman)	2.09	2.09	2.26	2.09	%
GDP (current US$)	161,772,221,950.94	161,772,221,950.94	182,809,482,400.92	107,512,998,447.02	B
GDP growth (annual %)	-2.23	-2.23	9.63	-5.27	B
Hospital beds (per 1,000 people)	2.35	2.35	2.53	2
Human Capital Index (HCI) (scale 0-1)	0.56	0.56	0.58	0.56
Imports	3.13	3.27	3.27	3.12	M
Imports of goods and services (% of GDP)	30.4	30.4	48.53	25.9	B
Inflation Rate MoM	0.22	0.29	0.29	0.15	%
Inflation Rate YoY	2.39	2.32	2.41	2.25	%
Inflation, consumer prices (annual %)	3.64	3.64	4.84	0.54	%
Interest Rate Decision	3.5	3.75	4	3.5	%
Labor force, total	2,826,300	2,826,300	2,826,300	1,557,092
Lending interest rate (%)	4.93	4.93	5.42	3.71	%
M2 Money Supply YoY	3.47	3.62	5.67	3.27	%
New businesses registered (number)	10,603	10,603	21,926	850
Physicians (per 1,000 people)	2.29	2.29	2.6	2.29
Population, total	4,310,108	4,310,108	4,441,100	2,943,356
Primary government expenditures as a proportion of original approved budget (%)	93.73	93.73	104.65	87.51
Real interest rate (%)	15.58	15.58	40.86	-18.81	%
Time required to build a warehouse (days)	103	103	199	103
Time required to start a business (days)	19.4	19.4	61.4	19.4
Unemployment with advanced education (% of total labor force with advanced education)	5.68	5.68	5.68	5.68	%
Unemployment, total (% of total labor force) (national estimate)	2.16	2.16	2.9	1.82	%